Did you know Iowa can boast one of its own as a Nobel Prize-nominated poet? April is National Poetry Month, and Iowa has had its fair share of noteworthy poets. But perhaps our most successful is Paul Engle. Paul Engle was a lifelong Iowa poet who cared so much...
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning about ending the injunction on Iowa’s six-week abortion ban. Peter Im, staff attorney at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, argued for Iowa abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood and the...
The office of Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) announced Friday that Iowa will no longer pay for emergency contraception—morning-after pills—or abortions for sexual assault victims. "While not required by Iowa law, the victim compensation fund has previously...
One in four high school seniors say they’re eliminating some colleges from their searches because of the politics of the state the school is in, according to a new student poll conducted this year by Art & Science Group. Around 24% of all students surveyed said...
School districts across the state have scrambled to update students and parents after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill to restrict where transgender children can go to the bathroom on March 23. Several large Iowa districts released statements intended to reassure...
Being openly, obviously transgender can be risky, especially when the Iowa Legislature—and legislatures around the country—pursue laws to restrict trans people’s rights. But the bright side to coming out is finding a community, and that’s what the Trans Lives...
Protections for Iowa dogs could become federal law, if two bills reintroduced by Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa 3) pass. Nunn, three other Republicans and two Democrats, reintroduced former Rep. Cindy Axne’s (D) bipartisan bill, nicknamed Goldie's Act. The bill would crack...
This year’s legislative session has been awash in fearmongering and misinformation about the LGBTQ+ community, and particularly the realities of LGBTQ+ students’ lives. So, instead of allowing adults to define their lives, Starting Line spoke to Iowa youth who are...
This year’s legislative session has been awash in fearmongering and misinformation about the LGBTQ+ community, and particularly the realities of LGBTQ+ students’ lives. So, instead of allowing adults to define their lives, Starting Line spoke to Iowa youth who are...
This year’s legislative session has been awash in fearmongering and misinformation about the LGBTQ+ community, and particularly the realities of LGBTQ+ students’ lives. So, instead of allowing adults to define their lives, Starting Line spoke to Iowa youth who are...
